Chris Ellis was Principal of Bristol Baptist College (2000-2006) and has over a number of years written about and developed a Baptist understanding of worship. He studied theology at Regent's Park College, Oxford. He has been a moderator of the Faith and Unity Executive of the Baptist Union, a member of the Worship and Spirituality Commision of the BWA and a member of the Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain. He was President of the Baptist Union for 2014-2015.
Selected Publications:
___ 'Relativity, Ecumenism and the Liberation of the church', Baptist Quarterly 29: 81-91 (1981)
___ Together on the Way: A Theology of Ecumenism (British Council of Churches, 1990)
___ 'Believer's baptism and the sacramental freedom of God' in Reflection on the Waters edited by Paul Fiddes (Smyth & Helwys, 1996), 23-45
___ Baptist Worship Today. A report of two worship surveys undertaken by the Doctrine and Worship Committee of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB, 1999)
___ 'A view from the pool: Baptists, sacraments and the basis of unity', Baptist Quarterly 39 (2001), pp.107-20
___ 'The baptism of disciples and the nature of the church' in Dimensions of Baptism: Biblical and Theological Studies edited by Stanley Porter and Anthony R. Cross (Sheffield Academic Press, 2002)
___ 'Duty and Delight in Baptist Worship and Identity', Review and Expositor 100.3 (2003)
___ Gathering: A Theology and Spirituality of Worship in Free Church Tradition (SCM, 2004)
___ 'Baptists in Britain' in The Oxford History of Christian Worship edited by Geoffrey Wainwright (Oxford, 2006)
___ 'Gathering Struggles: Creative Tensions in Baptist Worship', Baptist Quarterly 42.1 (2007)
___ 'Understanding Worship: Trends and Criteria' and 'Worshipping at the Heart of Life' in Currents in Baptistic Theology of Worship Today edited by Keith G Jones and Parush R Parushev (IBTS, 2007)
___ 'Spirituality in Mission: Gathering and Grace' in Under the Rule of Christ: Dimensions of Baptist Spirituality edited by Paul Fiddes (Smyth & Helwys, 2008)
___ 'Embodied Grace: Exploring the Sacraments and Sacramentality' in Baptist Sacramentalism 2 edited by A. R. Cross and P. E. Thompson (Paternoster, 2008), 1-16.
___ Approaching God: A Guide to Leading Worship (SCM, 2009)
___ 'Being a minister: spirituality and the pastor' in Challenging to Change: dialogues with a radical baptist theologian. Essays presented to Dr Nigel G. Wright on his sixtieth birthday edited by Pieter J. Lalleman (Spurgeon's College, 2009)
___ 'Who is worship for? dispatches from the war zone', Perspectives in Religious Studies 36.2 (Summer 2009)
___ 'Written Prayers in an Oral Context: Transitions in Baptist Worship' in The Collection in the Churches of the Reformation edited by Bridget Nichols (SCM, 2010)
___ 'Gathering Round the Word: Baptists, Scripture and Worship' in The "Plainly Revealed" Word of God? Baptist Hermeneutics in Theory and Practice edited by Helen Dare and Simon Woodman (Mercer, 2011)
___ 'Out of a Believer's Heart: Orality and Text' in Wrestling with Godly Order: Encounters with the 1662 Book of Common Prayer edited by James Steven (Sarum College, 2015)
___ 'Confessing our sins together' in Rhythms of Faithfulness: Essays in Honor of John E. Colwell edited by Andy Goodliff and Paul Goodliff (Pickwick, 2018)
___ 'Baptist Worship in Britain' in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Religion (2018)
___ 'Iconic Presence: Reflections on Art and Prayer' in Being Attentive: Essays in Practical Theology in Honour of Robert Ellis edited by Anthony Clarke (Regent's Park College, 2021)
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